“Through this self-evaluation,” states the CAMIBAart press release, “we determined the standard white-box gallery model is not the most efficient and effective way to represent our artists and their works.”

The program, which is organized around the theme of ecology, will feature the openings of the Moody Center's spring art exhibitions, film screenings, and a keynote lecture by Rice University professor Timothy Morton and artist and performer Laurie Anderson.

A half-century of anyone’s artistic activity is a lot of ground to cover, and Hester describes the upcoming show as a collage of his work, with all the variation one might expect in art produced for commerce and culture over such a span of time.